Darkwear for men: black hakama, skirt pants, balloon trousers and long draped lyocell shirts, built on volume and asymmetry. Layer them in one colour for a clean, dark silhouette, day or night.
Darkwear is black clothing built on volume: wide, wrapped and asymmetric shapes in a palette that almost never leaves black. It grew out of Japanese avant-garde design, when Tokyo designers showed oversized, unfinished black clothes in Paris in the early 1980s. Darkwear differs from techwear, which is about technical fabrics, straps and utility, because darkwear puts the cut first. The darkwear range at Amaji has thirty-four pieces from $39.90, mostly trousers: hakama cuts, skirt pants with a wrapped panel, asymmetric hems and tobi work trousers, plus a few sets and jackets. Sizes run XS to 2XL, and many pieces are one size. Fabrics on file are mostly polyester and polyester cotton blends. Orders ship to 33 countries, free over $45 USD, with returns within 30 days of delivery.
What darkwear means
Darkwear is black clothing built on volume. The shapes are wide, wrapped and uneven, and the colour almost never changes.
It grew out of Japanese avant-garde design. In the early 1980s a handful of Tokyo designers showed oversized, unfinished black clothes in Paris, and the idea outlived the shock. Black became a way to make the cut the whole story.
The pieces here keep that rule. Nearly everything is black. What changes from one garment to the next is the construction: a panel that wraps across one leg, pleats that fall in folds, a hem that ends at two lengths.
The pieces in this collection
There are thirty-four pieces here. Most are trousers.
Three pieces come from Japanese workwear. The tobi trousers balloon to the knee and gather at the ankle. The samue and the jinbei are sets built around a crossover or tie-front top.
Above the waist, the lyocell shirts and tees are cut long, boxy or layered to sit over all that volume.
Sizing and fabric
Most of the trousers are one size. A drawstring, tie or belt covers a waist from about 62 to 120 cm, and each page lists the exact range and the length in cm. Shirts are one size too, cut oversized with chests from 130 to 150 cm.
The trousers are mostly 80% polyester and 20% cotton, which holds a pleat. The shirts and tees are at least 96% lyocell. Wash both cold on a gentle cycle and hang them to dry.
How to wear it
Keep one piece loud and the rest quiet. A draped trouser needs a plain top. A long layered shirt needs a straight leg under it.
Measurements come from each garment's own flat size table, converted to centimetres and mapped onto one size ladder. Available for 30 of the 34 garments here, last checked 2026-11-13. How we measure.
Black clothing built on oversized, wrapped and asymmetric shapes. It comes from Japanese avant-garde design, where the cut does the work that colour usually does.
Is darkwear the same as techwear?
No. Techwear is about technical fabrics, straps and utility pockets. Darkwear is about silhouette: drape, layering and volume in plain black cloth.
Do these pieces come in sizes?
Most are one size with a drawstring, tie or belt that covers a waist of about 62 to 120 cm. Each product page lists the exact range.
How do I care for them?
Wash cold on a gentle cycle and hang to dry. The polyester and cotton trousers keep their pleats, and the lyocell tops dry quickly.
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Japanese-Style Long Shirt for Men, Lyocell Tie Waist
